Category: Primary 1

Good morning everyone.  Mrs Currie is back today, thank you to Mrs Docherty who looked after our blog post yesterday.  Remember if you want to send me any examples of work or share something you have done this week use the email address at the top of the weekly grid.

This week we are using The Fist Of Five to assess our learning.

You can either show your score to someone at home or if you have recorded work in your jotter, draw a circle and put little lines coming out of it to represent your fingers.

I have completed the ai and oa spelling activity below. How did you do with this activity? What fist of five would you give for your understanding of the ai and oa sound?

I have shared my free writing story with you. I decided to write a story about swimming in the sea because it is one of my favourite things to do when I am on holiday. Can you spot any mistakes in my story?

I tried to include all of the success criteria in my story too:

• A capital letter at the start and a full stop at the end of every sentence
• Use at least one conjunction (joining word eg and, because)
• Use at least one adjective (describing word eg a colour)
• Make sure you form your letters correctly

Did you manage to include all of the criteria in your story? Show your fist of five for this.

Number Talks

I looked at the 2 jars for number talks and have shared my strategies with you. Did you use the same strategies as me or something different?

Counting on is a very good number talks strategy. This episode of numberjacks explains counting on well. Why don’t you watch it:

How do you feel about using the counting on strategy for number talks? Show your fist of five for counting on.

The weekly grid for next week will be getting posted this afternoon to allow parents time to prepare for the following week.

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Currie

Happy Friday everyone!

This week we are using The Fist Of Five to assess our learning (five fingers mean you have fully understood your task and feel confident with the skill, four fingers means you are nearly there perhaps just a little more practise needed, three fingers you needed some support but then were able to do it, two fingers you needed support to do most of it, one finger you needed support and would still need support in the future with this type of task)

You can either show your score to someone at home or if you have recorded work in your jotter, draw a circle and put little lines coming out of it to represent your fingers.

I have completed the ai and oa spelling activity below. How did you do with this activity? What first of five would you give for your understanding of the ai and oa sound?

I have shared my free writing story with you. I decided to write a story about swimming in the sea because it is one of my favourite things to do when I am on holiday. Can you spot any mistakes in my story?

I tried to include all of the success criteria in my story too:

• A capital letter at the start and a full stop at the end of every sentence
• Use at least one conjunction (joining word eg and, because)
• Use at least one adjective (describing word eg a colour)
• Make sure you form your letters correctly

Did you manage to include all of the criteria in your story? Show your fist of five for this.

Number Talks

I looked at the 2 jars for number talks and have shared my strategies with you. Did you use the same strategies as me or something different?

Counting on is a very good number talks strategy. This episode of numberjacks explains counting on well. Why don’t you watch it:

How do you feel about using the counting on strategy for number talks? Show your fist of five for counting on.

The weekly grid for next week will be getting posted this afternoon to allow parents time to prepare for the following week.

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Davenport

 

Good morning boys and girls. It’s Mrs Docherty this morning and I’m covering for Mrs Currie. I hope you are all having a good week and enjoying the sunshine.

If you are having any difficulty with any of the home learning activities please remember to ask your question in the comments section above. I have added your links for the week below.

Week 8 beginning 25th May 2020

oa worksheet

ai worksheet

What Is In My Net

Shadows in the Sun

Goldilocks and the Clever Plan

Animal Homes

Home Learning Grid

How are you getting on with your literacy task this week of consolidating the ai and oa sounds?

I think I managed to fix the mistakes using the ai and oa sounds below. Can you help me check?

	rain
	saop
	trian
	coat

 

You could watch these videos about the ai and oa sounds too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnXaN-CvR9s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCJyHN0IFE8

Literacy

Use this link to visit the alphablocks website. You can complete games and quizzes and watch video clips of alphablocks to consolidate your knowledge of sounds you know. My favourite games are the alphablocks jigsaw and the missing letter quiz. There are lots of games and videos for you to explore on this website.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/alphablocks

Numeracy

Today’s numeracy task is a building task. Get building! Can you build a model of something using construction materials you have in your house? You could build a Lego model, a tower of playing cards or something else! When you have finished your building, can you estimate how many pieces of lego/blocks etc. have been used in your building? Estimate the number of pieces and then count to check how many you used.

Have a great day and make sure you are enjoying the sunshine,

Mrs Docherty

Good morning boys and girls.

If you are having any difficulty with any of the home learning activities please remember to ask your question in the comments section above. We will try to answer your question as soon as we are able to. I have added your links for the week below.

Week 8 beginning 25th May 2020

oa worksheet

ai worksheet

What Is In My Net

Shadows in the Sun

Goldilocks and the Clever Plan

Animal Homes

Home Learning Grid

How are you getting on with your literacy task this week of consolidating the ai and oa sounds?

I think I managed to fix the mistakes using the ai and oa sounds below. Can you help me check?

	rain
	saop
	trian
	coat

 

You could watch these videos about the ai and oa sounds too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnXaN-CvR9s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCJyHN0IFE8

Literacy

Use this link to visit the alphablocks website. You can complete games and quizzes and watch video clips of alphablocks to consolidate your knowledge of sounds you know. My favourite games are the alphablocks jigsaw and the missing letter quiz. There are lots of games and videos for you to explore on this website.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/alphablocks

Numeracy

Today’s numeracy task is a building task. Get building! Can you build a model of something using construction materials you have in your house? You could build a Lego model, a tower of playing cards or something else! When you have finished your building, can you estimate how many pieces of lego/blocks etc. have been used in your building? Estimate the number of pieces and then count to check how many you used.

 

Have a great day,

Mrs Davenport

Good morning everyone.

Here are your links for this week

Week 8 beginning 25th May 2020

oa worksheet

ai worksheet

What Is In My Net

Shadows in the Sun

Goldilocks and the Clever Plan

Animal Homes

Have you managed to spot any birds yet?

I have had a lot of Jackdaw birds visit my garden.  At first I thought they were small crows but then I researched some information and found out about what makes them different from a crow.

Literacy

If you want to do a little more practise on ai and oa use the following resources.

Here is a video link for a clip about the sound ai.

What oa words can you make using these beginning sounds, the oa middle sound and then the end sounds.

Maths

To continue to practise your estimation skills try this simple Pasta Game (you do not need to use pasta, you could use lego bricks, sweets, coins, counters etc.)

Pasta Estimation

Resources – 2 players (or more), Bag of pasta

• Using a bag of pasta, put your hand into the bag and take a handful out
• With your eyes closed spread out your handful on the floor and then open your eyes and estimate how many pieces you have (give yourself a short time limit to do this otherwise you will end up counting and we want to estimate first!)
• Once you have estimated, then count to get an accurate answer
• How close were you? However many your estimate was away from the accurate answer then this is your score
• The next player then repeats this process
• Whoever has the lowest score at the end is the winner
• You can decide how many times you repeat these steps in one game
• GOOD LUCK!

Don’t forget you can get in touch using the email address at the top of the weekly grid or use the comment section below.

Have a lovely day

Mrs Currie

Good morning,

It is lovely to be back again. Mrs Docherty has told me how  hard you have been working Monday and Tuesday. Well done! I will be getting through all my e-mails today at some point and responding to you all.

Here are your links for this week.

ai worksheet

Animal Homes

Goldilocks and the Clever Plan

oa worksheet

RRS Article of the Week P1-3 25.05.20

Shadows in the Sun

Week 8 Week beginning 25th May 2020

What Is In My Net

Have you managed to spot any birds yet?

I have had a lot of Jackdaw birds visit my garden.  At first I thought they were small crows but then I researched some information and found out about what makes them different from a crow.

Literacy

If you want to do a little more practise on ai and oa use the following resources.

Here is a video link for a clip about the sound ai.

What oa words can you make using these beginning sounds, the oa middle sound and then the end sounds.

Maths

To continue to practise your estimation skills try this simple Pasta Game (you do not need to use pasta, you could use lego bricks, sweets, coins, counters etc.)

Pasta Estimation

Resources – 2 players (or more), Bag of pasta

• Using a bag of pasta, put your hand into the bag and take a handful out
• With your eyes closed spread out your handful on the floor and then open your eyes and estimate how many pieces you have (give yourself a short time limit to do this otherwise you will end up counting and we want to estimate first!)
• Once you have estimated, then count to get an accurate answer
• How close were you? However many your estimate was away from the accurate answer then this is your score
• The next player then repeats this process
• Whoever has the lowest score at the end is the winner
• You can decide how many times you repeat these steps in one game
• GOOD LUCK!

Have a lovely day.

Mrs Davenport

Good morning everyone!

I hope you are getting on well with the grid this week.  Please find below the links needed for this week.

Week 8 beginning 25th May 2020

oa worksheet

ai worksheet

Active Learn :

What Is In My Net

Shadows in the Sun

Goldilocks and the Clever Plan

Animal Homes

Literacy

Last week we introduced Reading Wise, a group call email will have been sent to you with your log in details.  Please find the instructions below.

Reading Wise Login Information

Continue using this site to work on your phonics and decoding skills.

Maths

You have been set a Maths challenge to look at the length of spoons.

Here are spoons from my kitchen in order of size, smallest to largest.

I used pasta twirls to measure my spoons.

         

I noticed that not all my pasta twirls were the same length, is this a good measuring device? Why?

Here is a game you can play which will help you with the maths language largest/biggest and smallest.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/early-years/lets-compare

Have a lovely day everyone,

Mrs Currie

Good morning everyone!

Its Mrs Docherty again for my final day on your blog. What an amazing few days I have had. Its been great seeing all of the fabulous work you have been doing and doing to such a high standard. Thank you.

I hope you are getting on well with the grid this week.  Please find below the links needed for this week.

Week 8 beginning 25th May 2020

oa worksheet

ai worksheet

Active Learn :

What Is In My Net

Shadows in the Sun

Goldilocks and the Clever Plan

Animal Homes

 

Literacy

Last week we introduced Reading Wise, a group call email will have been sent to you with your log in details.  Please find the instructions below.

Reading Wise Login Information

Continue using this site to work on your phonics and decoding skills.

 

Maths

You have been set a Maths challenge to look at the length of spoons.

Here are spoons from my kitchen in order of size, smallest to largest.

I used pasta twirls to measure my spoons.

 

        

I noticed that not all my pasta twirls were the same length, is this a good measuring device? Why?

Here is a game you can play which will help you with the maths language largest/biggest and smallest.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/early-years/lets-compare

Have a lovely day everyone,

Mrs Docherty